The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-27
ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE.

ward in the life to come Some sleep in tb.
quiet village churchyard, unmarked and IN
known; some under sculptured marbie som
Iar away from the haunts of man in his unjeN
eled mantle, where the wild partridge und
turbed whistles at noon, and the sober shadow
mat chase the sun assemble at evening; AM
then the shy fox at midnight sports with tn,
echoes OF his own baying, and the lonely wood
cricket tinkles her pensive notes to the
time of the night beetles drum For you, too the
summons will soon come Take heed how YOU live
that you may be ready to die. Some time and
somewhere you viii have TO give an account OF
your lives here. Live, that when the Divine
Grand Master calls for you you may be ready to
enter His holy temple, and sit down to eternal
enjoyment beneath tie paYiiions of bliss where
ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with
peace; where the mountains and the hills shall
break forth before you into singing and all the
trees Of the field shall clap their hands.
The addresses being concluded, all Joined
IN the doxology, Praise Cod from whom
all blessings flow" and the assembly was
dismissed with the benediction, pronounced
by the Grand Chaplain.
THE FIRST LODGE IN GEORGIA.
The first Odd Fellows lodge, accord
ing to history, was instituted in
Georgia in 1872 On March 3 of that
year, after due application to the then
Grand Sire Kennedy, q lodge was instituted
in Savannah, ID. ID. Grand Sire Albert Case
OF South Carolina, officiating. The lodge
was named OglethoIpe Lodge No. !, and
had but five charter members William Sc
well, Jr., Alvin II. Miller, Samuel Court
ney, William H. Keckely and James Reed.
Alvin n. Miller was the first Noble Grand
and james Reed the first Vice Grand The
odge received its charter Dec. 6, 1912
By Jan. 81, 1913 the lodge had 20
members. The second lodge in the
State was instituted at Macon, Jan.
Z, 1S43, and il took the name Franklin
4odge No. 2. Live Oak Lodge No 3 was
ne second one organized in Savannah and
he third in Georgia. 1t was instituted Feb.
+, 1913, with the following charter members:
Dr E. Parsons, George w. Miller, Edward
j. Jones, Edward j. Purse, George Leeds,
Paul Thomasson, John w. Evans Elisha
Parsons was elected Noble Grand and G. w.
Miller Vice Grand. Sylvan Lodge No 4,
which was instituted at Milledgeville July
20, lS43, was the next lodge in the State
1t is the only lodge of the first ten in Geor-
gia that is dead.
THE FIRST ENCAMPMENT.
Magnolia Encampment No. was consti-
tuted Aug. 10, 1913, and Alvin n. Miller
was elected G. 7. Application had already
been made Aug. 3 by Oglethorpe Lodge No.
|, Franklin No. 2, Live Oak No. 8, Sylvan
No 4, and United Brothers No. for
Grand Lodge OF the State Of Georgia, 20 be
located at Savannah The Grand Lodge
,'e, CIV -. ttliISiy hi1t- .NAlNd Wibi avn "
Miller Nj. w. Grand Master, Guy l.. War
ner r. w. Deputy Grand Master, Elisha
Parsons r. w. Grand Warden.
The first celebration Of the order in Sa-
vannah took place Jan. %, 1874 At the
session of the Grand Lodge Aug. & 1874
Elisha Parsons was unanimously elected the
first Grand Representative 10 the L.. w.
Grand Lodge Of the United States.
Feb. ., 1915, the second celebration of the
order in this city was held. At this time
there were eight subordinate lodges in Geor-
gla, with "A membership of 0}2 DeEalb
Lodge No. 9 was instituted in Savannah in
February, 1915, with John w. Anderson, n.
c. About month later Washington hall. oc-
cupled 10y OglothOrpe Lodge anl Magnolia
Encampmeut was burned and the most ~
their records, regalia and furniture was de-
stroyed. There Is a legend 30 the effect that
the spectators al the fire believed that tho
historic goat WAS burned.
TnE oHDERB UPS AND DOWNS
The three lodges mId the encampment
posporod, and, when IN 1874 Savannah was
visited by the yellow feYcr the order showed
~ principles ami ~ work Tie sick were
cured for and the decd were attended 10
their lgst resting place by sDno bnothfr
The WIDOW ana the orphan we're Di0hssrsd
and proylded fOr, and none vii f0fgct
While they i've tliH devotion ~ ihn member
~ ono another during hat terrible egidonlc
tpthuE uasrielel With tue RroNlh "a the
oftfr nui fIfc bfFklgs OIt ~ the oIsN
nAf fg1f eais ~ fttte though ulpDied